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Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

Benjamin Whichcote

Ah! when in the immortal ranks enlisted, I sometimes wonder if we shall not find That not by deeds, but by what we’ve resisted, Our places are assigned.
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Deeds Immortal Sometimes Temptation
Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.
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Natural Soul Virtue
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
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Better Enjoy God Ourselves
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
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Angel Pardon Repentance
He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.
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Dishonest Nobody Trust
That power is in vain which is never in use.
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Power Use Vain
Let us all so live as we shall wish we had lived when we come to die; for that only is well, that ends well.
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Ends Life Wish
Some are Atheists by Neglect; others are so by Affectation; they, that think there is no God at some times; do not think so at all times.
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Atheism Atheist Thinking
Riches are but a means, or instrument; and the virtue of an instrument lies in its use.
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Lying Mean Use
Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.
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Christian Good Human Nature
Did Christians live according to their Religion, they would do nothing but what Truth, Righteousness, and Goodness do, according to their understanding and ability: and then one man would be a God unto another.
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Christian Men Understanding
Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.
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Degrees Heaven Religion
The State of Grace and the Life of Sin are incompatibilities.
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Grace Incompatibilities Sin States
Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.
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Afraid Anything Dangerous
It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.
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Hypocrisy Men Soul
A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.
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Manner Men Mind Wise

Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

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